Star · A2V
Alruba
Alruba is a main-sequence star of spectral type A2V in the constellation Draco, 464.2 light-years from the Sun.
| Other names | HIP 86782 |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Draco |
| Distance | 464.2 light-years (142.3 pc) |
| Apparent magnitude | magnitude 5.75 |
| Absolute magnitude | magnitude −0.02 |
| Spectral type | A2V |
| Surface temperature | 9,920 K |
| Luminosity | 118 L☉ |
| Radius | 3.68 R☉ |
| Mass | 3.55 M☉ (estimated) |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 17h 43m 59.2s |
| Declination (J2000) | +53° 48′ 06″ |
| Space velocity (relative to the Sun) | 17.1 km/s |
In the sky
Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 5.75). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 36° S. North of latitude 36° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in June, the best time to observe it.
Through a telescope from Earth
Light's journey
The light you see tonight set out around the year 1562. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 8.2 million years.
The Sun seen from there
From a planet around Alruba, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 10.60, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Pictor. It would be invisible to the naked eye.
Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.